*In Latin, "Tuberosum" means potato and "Macrocephalus" means whale, so the name is actually quite correct.

*In Latin, "Tuberosum" means potato and "Macrocephalus" means whale, so the name is actually quite correct.

*The other ballots are in the water, as shown in the second panel, behind Steve.

*The other ballots are in the water, as shown in the second panel, behind Steve.

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*33% voter turnout means that Steve only counted his own vote!

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*33% voter turnout means that Steve only counted his own vote! (Alternately, since the Turnip can be seen voting in [[Comic 178]], it means that Beaver and Steve didn't vote and the Turnip voted to eat Beaver)

Transcript

Panel 1

[Shortly...]
Beaver, Steve and Timmy are still afloat on the open sea.
Steve: "After carefully counting and re-counting the votes, the results are now in..."
The text "CROSSED TURNIP FINGERS" points at Timmy's hand.
Timmy: "Come on, come oooon..."

Panel 2

Steve: "It was a disappointing 33% turn-out at the polls, but the result is unanimous: We have to kill and eat Beaver."
Timmy KICK!ing
Timmy: "What?? I bet HE doesn't contain 135 mg of Potassium!"

Fun Facts

In Latin, "Tuberosum" means potato and "Macrocephalus" means whale, so the name is actually quite correct.

The other ballots are in the water, as shown in the second panel, behind Steve.

33% voter turnout means that Steve only counted his own vote! (Alternately, since the Turnip can be seen voting in Comic 178, it means that Beaver and Steve didn't vote and the Turnip voted to eat Beaver)